I voted today on a lovely sunny morning in London.
For all my friends in the US and elsewhere, today is a big day for us in the UK. We have a chance to change the government after 14 years of Conservative rule which brought us…
Brexit with its massive economic cost, most likely running into hundreds of billions of pounds/dollars/euros
The slowest period of GDP growth since WW2
National debt at the highest level since the 1960s
Developed country investment levels 30% below the aggregate
Higher inflation than the US or Eurozone
A 250% (or more) rise in violent offences in 14 years and a collapse in the rate of prosecution from 16% to 6% in the past seven years
Healthcare waiting lists trebled
The record is only distinguished by how shocking it is. Sources can be found in this slide deck or this survey in The Economist.
As I wrote a few weeks ago, 2029 will look very different to 2019.
The next five years will see the exponential transformation — AI and the energy transition — so we will benefit …
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